Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates Inc Dba Adirondack Rail Trail Assn

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454752327
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Saranac Lake, NY, USA
Phone
5182416589
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$167,660
Expenses
$141,448
Assets
$192,529
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS KENISTON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRIS KENISTON (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN BROCKWAY (TREASURER)
  • BRIAN GREENE (VICE CHAIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support and encourage the creation of a recreational trail from a rail bed(s) and connecting corridors within the adirondack park for the benefit of residents and visitors.

What it reported doing in 2025

Received contributions to provide support and encourage the creation of a recreational trail from a rail bed(s) and connecting corridors within the adiriondack park for the benefit of residents and visitors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $141K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.